Block Explorer
tools · fundamentals
An indexed interface for looking up blocks, transactions, scripts or addresses, and other chain data.
- Also known as
- Blockchain Explorer
1.definition
A block explorer indexes node data and presents searchable blocks, transactions, outputs, scripts, and address-derived histories. Some explorers also expose a provider's mempool, token metadata, labels, fiat estimates, or analytics; those additions are not consensus data.
2.trust
Explorers can lag, omit transactions, apply different mempool policies, mislabel entities, or report from a stale chain tip. Verify high-stakes status with your own node or more than one independent source, and remember that searching an address can reveal interest in it to the provider.
Related terms
Block
→A batch of valid transactions added to a blockchain, linked to the previous block by a cryptographic hash.
mining · blockchain · security
Transaction
→A record submitted to a blockchain to make a payment or another permitted change.
blockchain · technical
Address
→The destination you share to receive a cryptocurrency payment on a particular network.
wallet · technical
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